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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
Organization of the Division of States Relations 
It is recommended that the State Research Committees be asked to group themselves 
according to six regions; that the committees in each region be requested to form an organ- 
ization consisting of one or more representatives from each committee; that this organization 
meet for conference on the problem of state scientific organization at least once each year 
and elect a chairman for the group; and that the chairman of each of the six regional organi- 
zations be nominated to represent the States Committees in the Division of States Relations 
of the National Research Council. 
The following organization of the six regions is recommended: 
1. Pacific Coast Region. — Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Arizona. 
2. West Central Region. — North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Montana, 
Colorado, Wyoming. 
3. East Central Region. — Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, 
Kentucky. 
4. South Central Region. — New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana. 
5. South Atlantic Region. — Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, 
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi. 
6. North Atlantic Region. — Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode 
Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, District 
of Columbia. 
It is recommended that the membership of the Division of States Relations be constituted 
as follows : 
Regional representatives of State Research Committees 6 
Representatives of the Divisions of Science and Technology, National Research 
Council 7 
Representatives of the Division of Educational Relations, Division of Industrial 
Relations, and of the Research Information Service 3 
Divisional Nominations — not to exceed 8 
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(Adopted.) 
Moved: That the Section on Relations with Educational Institutions and State Commit- 
tees give further consideration to the apportionment of States in the regional divisions with 
reference to the organization of the Division of States Relations. (Adopted.) 
Mr. Yerkes, on behalf of the Committee on Organization of the Govern- 
ment Division submitted the following report: 
After consideration of the relations of the proposed Government Division to the other 
Divisions of General Relations and the possible functions of the proposed Government 
Division, the Committee decided to recommend that organization of the Government Divi- 
sion be postponed until the other Divisions of General Relations have been organized. 
Moved: That in accordance with the recommendation of the Committee on Organization 
of the Government Division, the organization of the Goverimient Division be postponed 
until the other Divisions of General Relations shall have been organized. (Adopted.) 
Mr. Yerkes, Chairman of the Research Information Service, presented the 
following report on the organization of the Research Information Service 
and moved that it be approved: 
